NFPA 1999 Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical Operations
NFPA 1999 緊急醫療服務用防護服標準
1.1.1* This standard shall specify the minimum documentation, design, performance, testing, and certification requirements for new single-use and new multiple-use emergency medical protective clothing, including garments, gloves, footwear, and face protection devices, used by fire and emergency services personnel during emergency medical operations.
1.1.2* This standard shall not be interpreted as providing criteria for protection from radiological agents, from hazardous chemicals, from flammable or explosive atmospheres, or from thermal hazards associated with fire fighting.
1.1.3* This standard shall not be interpreted as providing criteria for protection from blood and body fluid-borne pathogens that are airborne.
1.1.4 This standard shall not be interpreted as providing criteria for respiratory protection.
1.1.5 This standard shall not be interpreted as providing criteria for protection from chemical and biological terrorism agents.
1.1.6 Certification of emergency medical garments, emergency medical examination gloves, emergency medical work gloves, emergency medical footwear, emergency medical footwear covers, or emergency medical face protection devices, or cleaning gloves to the requirements of this standard shall not preclude certification to additional appropriate standards where the garments, gloves, footwear, or face protection devices meet all applicable requirements of each standard.
1.1.7 This standard shall not be construed as addressing all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It shall be the responsibility of the persons and organizations that use this standard to establish safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use of this standard.
1.1.8 Nothing herein shall restrict any jurisdiction or manufacturer from exceeding these minimum requirements.
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NFPA 1999 Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical Operations specifies minimum documentation, design, performance, testing, and certification requirements for new-single use and new multiple-use emergency medical operations protective clothing used by emergency medical responders prior to arrival at medical care facilities, and used by medical first receivers at medical care facilities during emergency medical operations.
Work with the 2008 edition and improve safety on the job with these changes
· New requirements address protection for medical first receivers in addition to emergency medical responders.
· Additional items of emergency medical protective clothing and equipment have been added, including head protection (helmets); facemasks, eye and face protection devices; and a [C]BRN protective ensemble that will provide limited protection from biological terrorism agents and radiological particulates for emergency medical responders that could be encountered during terrorism incidents and for medical first receivers at facilities where victims of a CBRN terrorism incident may be brought by emergency medical services, or where contaminated victims of a CBRN incident could self-present.
· Product labeling, design, performance, and test method requirements have been expanded to cover the new types of PPE added.
· Definitions have been updated to be consistent with the latest edition of the Glossary of Project
· Definitions for this Project.
· Additional annex material assists purchasers and "users" of this standard in understanding the protections afforded.
(Softbound, 69 pp., 2008)
